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The finding, published in the journal Nature Plants, warns that increasingly widespread and severe drought and heat may cause substantial decreases in barley yields worldwide, affecting the supply used to make beer.

Trump said he had spoken with King Salman about Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi policies, and that he was sending Secretary of State Mike Pompeo immediately to meet the king and travel to other places as needed.

Global pressure has mounted on close US ally Saudi Arabia over the whereabouts of Khashoggi, a prominent critic of Saudi policies, who entered the consulate to get documents for his planned marriage. His Turkish fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, who was waiting out...

The old site will provide temporary parking for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics before becoming a tourist centre.

Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said that two state refiners have placed orders for importing crude oil from Iran in November.

The losses were widespread, and stocks that have been the biggest winners on the market suffered steep declines.

The attack on an Awami League rally on August 21, 2004 targeted Sheikh Hasina, now the prime minister of Bangladesh.

At a White House swearing-in ceremony, US President Donald Trump stood next to Justice Brett Kavanaugh and said he'd been proven innocent of the sexual assault allegations.

Vijeyakala Maheswaran, a former lone woman Tamil minister in the Sri Lankan Cabinet, said that Jaffna people felt that they were better off under the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) when they ran a parallel administration.

The two sides agreed to 'continue talks to decide on the specific time and location for the second summit', US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Announcing Pompeo's visit, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying last week said that China and the US would exchange views on bilateral ties and regional and international issues of common concern.

The mysterious disappearance of Meng Hongwei is the latest high-profile case in China, where a number of top government officials, billionaire business magnates and even an A-list celebrity have vanished for weeks or months at a time.

Following Vigano's letter, US groups representing survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests urged the Vatican to publish a list of clerics accused of sexual assault.

Earlier this week, Turkey Opposition leader accused Erdogan of siding with U.S. firms at a time when relations with Washington have been hit by the detention of a U.S. evangelical pastor in Turkey.

The envelopes that tested positive for ricin also had a note that said "Jack and the Missile Bean Stock Powder," FBI investigators said in documents filed in US District Court of Utah.

EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said a fact-finding mission would arrive in Myanmar soon to assess whether the highly preferential tariff arrangement Myanmar enjoys should be withdrawn.